Company Description
Bilibili Inc. (BILI) is described in its public communications as an iconic brand and a leading video community with a mission to enrich the everyday lives of young generations in China. The company is classified in the software publishers industry within the information sector and its shares trade on Nasdaq under the symbol BILI, with a secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the code 9626. Bilibili positions itself as a video-based online entertainment platform that has become a home for diverse interests among young users in China.
According to the company, Bilibili offers a wide array of video-based content under the value proposition of “All the Videos You Like.” Its community is built around aspiring users, high-quality content, talented content creators and the emotional bonds among them. Management highlights that Bilibili has cultivated this community over more than a decade, emphasizing high-quality content and a distinctive viewing experience.
Business model and revenue sources
Bilibili’s recent financial disclosures outline several revenue categories. The company reports value-added services (VAS), which include premium memberships and other value-added offerings, as a significant revenue stream. It also reports advertising revenues, which management attributes to improved advertising product offerings, enhanced advertising efficiency and performance-based advertising. In addition, Bilibili generates mobile games revenues, including income from exclusively licensed games, and IP derivatives and other revenues, which relate to intellectual property derivatives and other activities described in its results.
Management commentary in recent quarters links revenue growth to user engagement metrics such as daily active users, monthly active users, monthly paying users and average daily time spent on the platform. The company also discusses monetization efficiency, operating leverage and cost management, indicating a focus on translating user engagement into commercial outcomes. Bilibili uses both GAAP and non-GAAP measures, such as adjusted profit from operations and adjusted net profit, to evaluate its operating results.
Platform features and community
Bilibili states that it pioneered a “bullet chatting” feature, a live comment function that displays the thoughts and feelings of audience members viewing the same video. The company describes this as transforming the viewing experience and contributing to the strong emotional bonds within its community. It characterizes itself as a welcoming home for diverse interests among young generations in China and as a frontier for promoting Chinese culture around the world.
The company’s communications emphasize community engagement both online and offline. For example, management has highlighted flagship offline events, which they describe as large-scale animation expos that attract hundreds of thousands of participants, as evidence of brand vibrancy and community strength. These events are presented as extensions of the company’s video community into offline experiences.
Capital markets presence and financing activities
Bilibili is a foreign private issuer that files reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 20-F and Form 6-K. It also complies with the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, submitting monthly returns, next day disclosure returns and other announcements in Hong Kong. The company has undertaken several capital markets transactions, including offerings of convertible senior notes due 2030 to investors reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
In connection with these notes offerings, Bilibili has also been involved in concurrent offerings of its Class Z ordinary shares in Hong Kong, structured to facilitate hedging transactions by investors employing convertible arbitrage strategies. The company has indicated that it plans to use net proceeds from the notes offerings to enhance its content ecosystem, facilitate user growth, support IP asset creation, improve monetization efficiency, fund share repurchases under an existing repurchase program and for other general corporate purposes.
Share repurchases and equity-related activity
The company has disclosed a share repurchase program authorized by its board of directors. Under this program, Bilibili has repurchased millions of its listed securities for an aggregate amount within the authorization limit, and has also conducted concurrent repurchases of Class Z ordinary shares offered in connection with convertible notes-related transactions. The repurchased shares are described as being cancelled. The company also files next day disclosure returns and monthly returns in Hong Kong to report movements in its authorized share capital and issued shares.
Bilibili has reported the grant of restricted share units in announcements filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K. These grants form part of the company’s equity-based compensation arrangements and are disclosed as restricted share unit awards to eligible participants, as summarized in its Hong Kong announcements.
Operations, partnerships and intellectual property
Bilibili’s interim reporting and 6-K filings indicate that it operates through a group structure that includes subsidiaries and consolidated affiliated entities. The company has entered into a comprehensive cooperation framework agreement with Beijing Jinjiang Original Networking Technology Co., Ltd. (“Jinjiang Original”). Under this agreement, Bilibili and Jinjiang Original agreed to collaborate in respect of certain intellectual properties, including the acquisition by Bilibili’s group of copyrights of various works, including literature works, and the use of such copyrights for specified purposes such as adaptation, information network dissemination, advertisement and distribution. The group agreed to pay transaction amounts that may include licensing fees, procurement fees and profit-sharing amounts to Jinjiang Original.
Under the Hong Kong listing rules, Jinjiang Original is classified as a connected person of Bilibili, and the transactions contemplated under the cooperation framework agreement constitute continuing connected transactions. The company has provided details of these arrangements in an announcement furnished as an exhibit to a Form 6-K filing.
Regulatory reporting and governance
Bilibili furnishes interim reports and other periodic information to the SEC and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. As an issuer listed in Hong Kong, it prepares an interim report for the first six months of each fiscal year in accordance with the relevant listing rules. The company’s Form 6-K filings reference the Bilibili Inc. 2025 Interim Report as an exhibit, indicating the availability of more detailed financial and operational information.
The company has also reported outcomes of shareholder meetings. At an annual general meeting, Bilibili announced that proposed resolutions set out in its AGM notice had been adopted, including the re-election of certain directors and the granting of general mandates to the board to issue, allot and deal with additional Class Z ordinary shares or equivalents, and to repurchase the company’s own shares on terms specified in the AGM notice.
Key performance indicators and financial focus
In its quarterly financial results press releases, Bilibili highlights metrics such as total net revenues, gross profit, gross profit margin, net profit or loss, adjusted net profit, and net cash provided by operating activities. It also reports user metrics, including average daily active users, monthly active users, monthly paying users and average daily time spent. Management commentary links these indicators to the company’s focus on content quality, community engagement and monetization efficiency.
The company explains that it uses non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted profit from operations, adjusted net profit and related margins and per-share metrics, to identify underlying trends in its business. It notes that these measures exclude items such as share-based compensation expenses, amortization related to intangible assets acquired through business acquisitions, certain income tax effects, gains or losses on fair value changes in investments in publicly traded companies and losses on repurchase of convertible senior notes. Bilibili also states that it reconciles non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measures.
Geographic base and corporate form
Bilibili Inc. is identified in its SEC filings as a company with an address in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. It files as a foreign private issuer on Form 20-F and uses Form 6-K to furnish current reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company’s Class Z ordinary shares have a par value of US$0.0001 per share, and American depositary shares (ADSs), each representing one Class Z ordinary share, are used in connection with its U.S. listing and certain financing transactions.
Position within the information sector
Within the information sector and software publishers industry classification, Bilibili is characterized in its own disclosures as a video community and online entertainment platform with a focus on young generations in China. Its business combines video content, community features such as bullet chatting and multiple monetization channels, including value-added services, advertising, mobile games and IP-related activities. The company’s communications emphasize the link between user engagement, content ecosystem development and financial performance.